An anime with some pretty spooky and sci-fi elements, Dandadan approaches it all with a sense of humor and some pretty slick ...

A short walk from JR Ogikubo Station, the CoMix Wave Films office is nestled inside a rather stunning building. Upon entering ...

The Spring 2025 anime season is underway, and LGBTQ+ anime just do not seem to be part of the equation. After a really strong ...

Anne Shirley is based on the Anne of Green Gables novel series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The anime series is streaming on Crunchyroll on Saturdays.

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

The rise of AI-generated “Ghibli-style” portraits have taken social media by storm, but behind the dreamy visuals lies a more ...

The fourth track, “Ojos Tristes” (“Sad Eyes” in English) takes the chorus from Jeanette’s 1981 song “El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes” (“The Boy With ... it may draw instead from ...

It was Japan’s first animated TV series, setting the foundation for the entire anime industry. Astro Boy also introduced ... art and learning his father’s drawing style. CRAZY,” shares ...

Based on the long-running manga penned by Makoto Yukimura of Planetes fame, Vinland Saga is a Norse tale told through a humanist lens. It follows Thorfinn, an Icelandic boy living in the early ...

Yasuko Onda, a Yomiuri Shimbun senior writer, will write about and recommend movies to Japan News readers on the third Friday of every month. Onda is an expert on movies and has interviewed many film ...